Brain Awareness Week 2016: 14–20 March

The 17th edition of Brain Awareness Week will take place from 14 to 20 March 2016, in 62 countries as well as France. During this week, the general public is invited to come and meet researchers in order to better understand the workings of the brain and to find out about advances in research.

Researchers from large research bodies, including Inserm, neuroscience institutes and the hospital/university sector, will be offering 400 free events: bistrot sciences, exhibitions, films, scientific workshops and lectures, in over 30 towns and cities in France.

The inaugural lecture, “Les Multiples Facettes de la Dopamine: du Contrôle du Mouvement aux Addictions”, will be given by Jean-Antoine Girault, President of the French Neuroscience Society, on Monday 14 March, 6:30–8:30 pm, at the auditorium of the Brain and Spine Institute (ICM), Paris.